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'Police terror in Tsholotsho' story lands journalist in trouble
19 Feb 2014 at 22:23hrs | Views
Zimbabwe police on Wednesday morning summoned Southern Eye journalist, Nqobani Ndlovu to Matabeleland North provincial police headquarters over a story he wrote titled "Police terror in Tsholotsho" in Wednesday's edition of the paper.
Ndlovu was summoned to the headquarters located at Southampton House along Main Street in Bulawayo at 11 am by Chief Superintendent Johannes Govo, Officer Commanding Tsholotsho district where he was grilled for more than four hours before being released around 3pm. He was accompanied by Lison Ncube of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
Speaking to Radio VOP after meeting the police Ndlovu's lawyer Ncube said the cops were not happy with the journalist story.
"They asked Ndlovu several questions over that Tsholotsho story. They haven't charged him yet, but told him to go home and there is a possibility that they will summon him again. They told us they had a directive from their bosses at Police general headquarters in Harare to investigate the case," said Ncube.
The story which Ndlovu wrote revealed that the police had imposed a "curfew" at Tsholotsho Growth Point after burglars broke into Matabeleland North State Minister Cain Mathema's grocery shop at the business centre.
Following the burglary, Tsholotsho villagers said they had endured a week of beatings and harassment by the cops with some saying they were being left with no option but to retaliate to protect themselves.
Ndlovu was summoned to the headquarters located at Southampton House along Main Street in Bulawayo at 11 am by Chief Superintendent Johannes Govo, Officer Commanding Tsholotsho district where he was grilled for more than four hours before being released around 3pm. He was accompanied by Lison Ncube of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).
Speaking to Radio VOP after meeting the police Ndlovu's lawyer Ncube said the cops were not happy with the journalist story.
"They asked Ndlovu several questions over that Tsholotsho story. They haven't charged him yet, but told him to go home and there is a possibility that they will summon him again. They told us they had a directive from their bosses at Police general headquarters in Harare to investigate the case," said Ncube.
The story which Ndlovu wrote revealed that the police had imposed a "curfew" at Tsholotsho Growth Point after burglars broke into Matabeleland North State Minister Cain Mathema's grocery shop at the business centre.
Following the burglary, Tsholotsho villagers said they had endured a week of beatings and harassment by the cops with some saying they were being left with no option but to retaliate to protect themselves.
Source - RadioVOP
